ext_201968 ([identity profile] whiteychan.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2008-02-09 03:17 am

Day 30: Cafeteria, Breakfast

Hitsugaya woke with a start.

His entire body ached, but the pain was nowhere near as bad as it had been the night before. His injuries had been tended two with clean gauze and bandages, and he found every movement wasn't agony. He wasn't in the best of shape, but thanks to the miracle of landel's strange time distortion, he had mostly recovered from the vile poison without having to waste anyone else's talents.

And in his hand, still...there was the key.

He dressed quickly, sliding the key onto the key ring from his desk drawer and stuck it into his pocket. Whether the key stood to gain them anything or not, it stood as a vital reminder that they could succeed in this place. There was hope, as insignificant as it often seemed. They could beat this place.

That small shred of hope made getting up worth it.

The nurse who escorted him to breakfast was cheerful, and commented idly about how wonderful it was to see young Tommy Winters up and about again after his unfortunate run-in with a bad case of food poisoning. He smirked slightly, knowing that any lies the institute forced into their heads were only that: lies. He wouldn't buy it for a second. And on top of that, the concept of muffins sounded almost appetizing. While he still preferred his authentic Japanese cuisine, the food here was slowly becoming more and more bearable. He would have preferred a warm bowl of sweet nattou over rice over the mufffins, but they would do. The plain yogurt and fruit, on the other hand, was excellent. He piled his plate high with fruit as usual, and got several small bowls of yogurt as well.

Finding the most convenient table to the end of the food line, he took a seat and scanned for the new arrivals. New arrivals meant people who would be lost and confused. Renji did a good job of making a bulliten post last time...he should recommend abarai-fukutaicho do the same again this time.

[Waiting for Angel]

[identity profile] akarusa.livejournal.com 2008-02-10 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
Hokuto raised her eyebrows. Large amounts of chocolate helps with cramps was probably a bad response... "Because sometimes, people do things that aren't very advisable."

She could guess that Leon wasn't much for company... that, or she reminded him of someone he didn't like. She didn't intend on moving just yet, though, so she simply kept eating.

[identity profile] for-marian.livejournal.com 2008-02-10 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well Leon knew that, but in his experience people only did inadvisable things when there was some perceived gain in it for them--making oneself sick and fat didn't sound like much of a benefit to him. He snorted softly and said derisively, "Then it's probably for the best that they treat you like a child, since you seem to want to act like one."

[identity profile] akarusa.livejournal.com 2008-02-10 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Hokuto just smiled, a little sadly; she did, honestly, want to act like a child. She wanted to chat with her friends, complain about being assigned too many chapters to study, find love notes in her locker. To hit the mall as many times in a week as they could get away with.

To get stressed out about things that weren't matters of life and death.

For now, she did her best to simply clear her mind; it helped, in ways not much else did. She'd be okay... it was just hard. The boy who hadn't given his name couldn't be having an easy time here, either.

[identity profile] for-marian.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Leon had never had any easy time anywhere, and frankly wouldn't know what to do with himself even if he did somehow stumble into such a situation. Truth be told, this place was in some ways easier than his life had been before he came here.

Shaking his head, Leon spoke once more before turning his attention back to his food. "If you want to get yourself killed being a silly girl, go right ahead. I don't care." And he meant it, too.

[identity profile] akarusa.livejournal.com 2008-02-11 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Hokuto looked at him and smiled, gently. "In a place like this, the balance between being a warrior and whatever else a person is--including being a silly little girl--is easier to pull off than it is elsewhere, I think. I can indulge myself in the morning, as long as I'm careful not to overdo it so badly I still have a stomachache by nightfall."

Serious fights were unlikely during the day; they happened, but not usually to people who didn't provoke them. Sparring matches did require her to be in decent condition, but she'd rushed off to karate class after a meal at McDonald's too many times to count, and only regretted it when she was kicked in the stomach--never a pleasant experience anyway!

If he wanted to keep trying to provoke her, let him. Maybe she'd find out what was bothering him so much if he did.

[identity profile] for-marian.livejournal.com 2008-02-12 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Leon wasn't trying to provoke anyone. As far as he was concerned, Hokuto was trying to provoke him by interrupting his breakfast and generally being irritating. Even more annoying was her assumption that everyone was necessarily something other than a warrior; Leon knew he wasn't the only one for whom being a warrior came first and nearly only--Kratos had suggested he was much the same way, and there were doubtless others.

Snorting again but saying nothing further, Leon attempted to will the stupid woman out of his personal space.

[identity profile] akarusa.livejournal.com 2008-02-13 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
Hokuto had learned to ignore the sound of fights, but she nearly dropped her juice at a particularly loud shout; she looked up, and when she saw the riot starting to break out simply went very, very still for a moment. This kind of thing wasn't supposed to happen during the day.

After a long pause, she snapped out of it and scrambled onto her chair, then a clear spot on the table to get a better vantage point. She had no idea what anybody in her group was doing, and she needed to know before she did anything.

[identity profile] for-marian.livejournal.com 2008-02-13 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
It had slowly been becoming clear to Leon that this morning's round of pointless fights was getting a little out of hand. But as far as he was concerned it wasn't his problem unless the riot actually got close enough to him to interrupt his meal.

At least, until the stupid girl decided to jump on the table. Protecting his breakfast from her feet, Leon shouted angrily, "What the hell are you doing, woman?" It was obvious to him that the staff would shut the riot down in a hurry, and getting involved was just asking for trouble.